Box-lid holder.



C. BLOSSOM.

BOX LID HOLDER.

APPLICATION man Auml. 1914.'

CHARLES Bnossoiu, or CELINA, onro.

Box-Lin HOLDER] j Specication of Letters'iivatent.

Fatented June 6, 1916.

Application inea August 1s, 1914. Y serial No. 857,378.

To all cav/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES BLossoM,

citizen of the United States, residing at to hold the lid of the box in upright position.

It is one aim of the invention to so con struct the holding device that it will not be liable to injure the cigars contained within the box and will not in any way obstruct or conceal the label upon the inner side of the box lid.

Another aim of the invention is to provide a holding device of the class described which may be manufactured at a low cost and in large quantities and which will consist of a single piece of material.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device applied to a cigar box and its lid. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device applied. Fig. 4 is a front elevation illustrating a slightly modied form of the device. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the form of the device shown in Fig. 4.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, the reference letter VB indicates in general a cigar box and L the lid thereof which is hinged to the rear wall of the box in the usual manner.

The lid supporting device embodying the present invention is here shown as formed from a single length of wire but, if desired, any other suitable material may be emplo-yed.

The device embodying the present invention includes a shank portion which supports members to be engaged with the rear wall of the box and with the lid. The device is formed from a suitable length of resilient wire, this length of wire being bent between its ends as at l, so as to form` spaced portions 2 and 3 whichcomprise the shank of the device, the said portions extending parallel to each other and the portion 2 being of less length than the said portion 3. At the upper end'of the portion 2, thewire from which the device is formed 1s bent to extendforwardly at right angles, as indicated by the numeral 4, and is thence bent downwardly, as at 5, to form a gripping finger located in advance. of the said portion 2. The said portion 5, near its lower end and substantially at a point directly opposite thebend l, is formed with a gradual bend 6 presented toward the said shank of the device. At the upper end of the portion 3,*the wire is bent laterally Vtol extend at right angles from the said portion 3, as indicated by the numeral 7, this portion 7 being horizontally disposed and constituting one portion of the gripping member for the box lid. At the end of the portion 7, the wire is bent to extend rearwardly at right angles, as at 8, and is then bent to form a portion 9 .which extends horizontally and parallel to the portion 7. The end of the portion 9 is bent, as at 10, to project toward the vertical plane occupied by the shank portions 2 and 3 and occupies the same horizontal plane as the portions 7 and 9. The portions 2 and 3 comprising the shank of the device and the gripping finger 5are so spaced that this part of the device may be fitted over the upper edge of the rear wall of the box B with the portions 2 and 3 resting against the outer face of the said wall and with the finger 5 bearing at its bend 6 against the inner face of the said wall. When the device is applied to the wall of the box, in the manner stated, the portion 4 will rest upon the upper edge of the said wall and the upper end of the portion 3 of the shank will project against the inner face of the box lid L, and that portion of the device comprising theparts 7, 8 and Y 9, will engage about one lateral edge of the lid, the portionl 7 bearing against the said inner face of the lid, the portion 8 bearing against the lateral edge of the lid, and the end of the portion 10 engaging against the rear or outer face of the lid. In that form of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, the structure is the same as above described2 except that the gripping finger 5 is bent 1n a direction the reverse of the bend 6, as indicated at l1, so that the lower end 12 of this finger may engage against the inner face of the rear Wall of the box.

From the foregoing description of the invention, it will be seen that there is provided an extremely simple device p of this Ycharacter which may be readily-applied to and removed from any ordinary cigar. box and which will not mar the appearance of the box and will hold the lid of the box in upright position so as to render the box attraotive in appearance when-:placed within:

of a lid thereon,. the Wire being extended' forwardly from the upper end? of` oneof' said portions at an` angle tov the vertical plane of the shank-vandthendownwardly yton' form a depending gripping finger disposed in cooperative relation to the shank, and the wire bei-ng extended laterally outward from thewend of the other of said spaced portions across and in the plane of the shank to form a gripping, portion and then bent rearwardly andY then laterally inward to form a resilient grippi-nggportion disposed in cooperative relation to` and in the same horizontal plane with the saidlaterally-extending gripping portion, the said-resilient gripping portion and; the depending gripping finger being bowed `wherebytoexert pressure toward the plane lof the shank.

In testimonywh'ereof I affix my signature in presence ofr` two witnesses.

CHARLES BLOSSOM. [n s] Witnesses:

OAT DoNosoN, MARYy HOWICK.

Copiesof this patentimay, be obtained forxvecents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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